Saeb Sabry al-Safi

Saeb Sabry al-Safi
Birth nameSaeb Sabry al-Safi al-Arkoub
Born1936
Iraqi Kingdom
Died9 March 1959(1959-03-09) (aged 22–23)
Iraq–Syria border, Nineveh, iraq
Cause of deathSuicide by gunshot
AllegianceRoyal Iraqi Air Force
Iraqi Air Force
Service / branchIraqi Air Force
RankLieutenant
Battles / warsMosul uprising

Lieutenant Saeb Sabry al-Safi al-Arkoub (1936–1959) was one of the Iraqi pilots who participated in the Shawaf coup in 1959 against Prime Minister Abdul Karim Qassem.[1][2][3]

Early life

Saeb Sabry al-Safi was born in 1936, He was the sixth of eleven children born to Sabri Ahmed Al-Safi (1900 - 1953 ) and his wife Marziya Muhammad Saleh Al-Masry (1904 - 1985 ).[4]

Shawaf coup

after 14 July Revolution, many parties in Iraq fought against each other, and that led to attempt coup d'état in March 1959, known as the Mosul uprising. Al-Safi participated in that coup, his duty was to bomb Radio Baghdad station on March 8. The raid failed , with the planes doing little damage.

Death by committing suicide

On his return to the airbase he realised that the coup had failed, so he attempted to flee to Syria. His plane however ran out of fuel and upon landing he committed suicide rather than being captured.[5]

References

  1. ^ اللوباني, عيسى إبراهيم (2011-01-01). شخصيات وأحداث (in Arabic). Al Manhal. ISBN 9796500035833.
  2. ^ الدرة, محمود (1987). ثورة الموصل القومية فصل في تاريخ العراق المعاصر (in Arabic).
  3. ^ Dan, Uriel (1969). Iraq under Qassem: A Political History, 1958–1963. London: Pall Mall Press. p. 1969. ISBN 978-0269670640.
  4. ^ Ibrahim, al alaaf (2021). "صبري أحمد الصافي1900 – 1953". ar.
  5. ^ هلال, ناجي (1962). حتى لا ننسى فصول من مجزرة الموصل.